₹

₹ U+20B9, ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN ← ₸ [U+20B8] Currency Symbols ₺ → [U+20BA]

Translingual

Etymology

A hybrid of the Devanagari letter र (“ra”), the first consonant in रुपया (rupyā, “rupee”), and the Latin letter R, overstruck with an additional line similar to other currency symbols such as ¥ (“yen”), ₱ (“peso”) etc. It was created by Indian designer Udaya Kumar and introduced by the Indian government in 2010.

Symbol

₹

1. The symbol representing the Indian rupee.

Usage notes

When used as a currency symbol, ₹ precedes the number it qualifies in English, despite being pronounced second. For example, “₹5” is read as “five rupees”, not “rupees five” unlike the usage in languages such as Hindi: “5₹”.

See also

Currency signs

• ؋ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• – cifrão
• $ – dollar sign
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ – dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin/guilder/gulden
• ₲ – guarani
• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₾ – lari
• ₺ – Turkish lira
• ₼ – manat
• ₥ – mill
• ₦ – naira
• ₱ – Philippine peso
• £ or ₤ – pound/lira
• ﷼ – rial/riyal
• ៛ – riel
• ރ – rufiyaa
• ₽ – ruble
• ₨ – rupee
• ₹ – Indian rupee
• ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
• ௹ – rupee (in Tamil)
• 𞱱 – rupee (in Urdu)
• ₪ – new shekel
• ⃀ – som
• ৲ or ৳ – taka
• ₸ – tenge
• ₮ – tugrik, tether
• ₩ – won
• ¥ – yen/yuan

Formerly used currency signs

• 𐆚 – Roman as
• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – ECU (European Currency Unit)
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• 𐆖 – Roman denarius
• ₯ – drachma
• ₣ – French franc
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark
• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• 𐆘 – Roman sesterce
• ₷ – spesmilo
• – old Israeli shekel/sheqel